Watch the frightening incident unfold above A surveillance video from a transit authority in Cleveland shows a man step off a train to smoke a cigarette and then frantically chase the train when it leaves with his baby on board. The statement says the baby was reunited with the father.The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority released a statement about the Jan. 12 incident in East Cleveland on Wednesday.The statement says the train’s driver learned about the baby on board before it arrived at the next station, which was just a minute away. RTA officials responded and quickly returned to the station where the father was reunited with the child.

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A surveillance video from a transit authority in Cleveland shows a man step off a train to smoke a cigarette and then frantically chase the train when it leaves with his baby on board. The statement says the baby was reunited with the father.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority released a statement about the Jan. 12 incident in East Cleveland on Wednesday.

The statement says the train’s driver learned about the baby on board before it arrived at the next station, which was just a minute away. RTA officials responded and quickly returned to the station where the father was reunited with the child.